Category: Current Events

PrinceWatch, Reloaded

PrinceWatch is back! For years the Daily Princetonian has been running bizarre and often incomprehensible features on facets of campus life that are of interest only to drooling alums and university administrators who like to see their names in print. We at PrinceWatch hope to bring to light the most egregiously offensive examples of Prince pseudo-journalism in the hopes that one day the Daily Princetonian will give itself a long hard look in the mirror and close its doors for good. Right.

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Nader’s Nadir

Ralph Nader is awkwardly hovering around the hors-d’oeuvre, occasionally grabbing for the cheese and crackers. He is slouched over, dressed in a worn-out suit, and reluctantly mingling with a crowd of progressive activists gathered in a beautiful house on Battle Road, in Princeton, NJ.

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The RIAA Took My Baby Away

Last week, Princeton was subpoenaed for the names and information of almost forty students, in preparation for lawsuits the RIAA is bringing against them against them. On Monday, the Nassau Weekly’s Jessica Woods sat down with one of the accused to find out the real story.

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November 13

That’s the first day. You just stay indoors and hope the terrorists don’t make house calls.

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Guinness, Galway and Gaelic

Noticed a sudden hankering for Guinness? Find yourself prone to a spontaneous jig? It’s not surprising – you can’t seem to escape the influence of the Irish on campus these days. It’s all thanks to Leonard Milberg ’53, who donated … Read More

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Eulogy

On the night of the attack, taxis kept running but stopped their meters.

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Celebrating Community

“Thanks to Princeton, the opportunity was created for the students—but the rest? That’s on them.”

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Choices in the Cupboard of Our Past

“The study of the Islamic world is no longer an exoticism and it is no longer a luxury.”

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Putin’s Opinion

On September 11, 2013, The New York Times published an op-ed by Vladimir Putin arguing against unilateral American military intervention in Syria without the blessing of the United Nations Security Council.

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Robert George, Polish Law, and the Obsession with Discourse

“It is fantastic that Professor George supports free speech and open discourse—his track record on that subject speaks for itself—and he is correct that this law’s criminalization of speech should be loudly condemned; however, it is not enough to defend free speech by itself.”

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Dancing Around the “S-word”

One student’s controversial dance piece becomes the centerpiece of a conversation about mental health on campus

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Princeton in Russia

“Every Princetonian knows that Nassau Hall cares about ethics—students have to swear on every test and quiz that they did not cheat. Less clear, though, is whether these standards apply to investments by Princeton’s $23 billion endowment.”

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